# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/bernhard-karlgren
# Generated: 2026-09-07T19:39:59.363Z

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url: "https://fame.am/person/bernhard-karlgren"
name: "Bernhard Karlgren"
slug: "bernhard-karlgren"
description: "Klas Bernhard Johannes Karlgren was a Swedish sinologist and linguist who pioneered the study of Chinese historical phonology using modern comparative methods. In the early 20th century, Karlgren conducted large surveys of the varieties of Chinese and studied historical information on rhyming in ancient Chinese poetry, then used them to create the first ever complete reconstructions of what are now called Middle Chinese and Old Chinese."
tagline: "Swedish sinologist and linguist (1889–1978)"
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profileType:
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  slug: "writer"
birthDate: "1889-10-15"
deathDate: "1978-10-20"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
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  momentum:             0
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  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump